WAFCON: Nigeria Defeat Cameroon To Qualify For Semi-Finals, World Cup
WAFCON: Nigeria Defeat Cameroon To Qualify For Semi-Finals, World Cup
In their Thursday night quarterfinal match at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Casablanca, the Super Falcons of Nigeria defeated Cameroon 1-0.
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Rasheedat Ajibade, a Nigerian attacker, scored in the 56th minute to bring her competition total to three.
Nigeria qualified for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand the following year with the victory.
All four teams that make the semi-finals at the ongoing continental championship in Morocco would pick automatic tickets for the Women’s World Cup, with the team adjudged to have finished fifth presented with another chance for a shot at a Playoff Tournament next year.
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A 1-2 defeat at the hands of South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in their opening match of Group C last week Monday somewhat dimmed the shine of the Super Falcons, but they rose stoutly to the occasion and won their other two matches with six points and six goals advantage shooting them to the last eight.
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